Gears of War 4 is pumping up with the addition of The Flash's Weather Wizard and Spartacus himself Liam McIntyre.

The Coalition's latest third-person shooter is set 25 years after Gears of War 4, but shares a major connection with the franchise's past.

McIntyre will voice JD Fenix – son of Gears of War hero Marcus Fenix – who is on the run after going AWOL in a classified incident.

"It's kind of terrifying, because I get to be the lead in a new era of Gears, which is unbelievable, amazing, and exciting. I'm the legacy, because my dad is Marcus Fenix," McIntyre told Game Informer.